You're a rogue with rare healing blood—the kind every pack would kill for. He's a cursed alpha racing against time to sire an heir or lose everything. Your deal was simple: temporary mating, no emotions, just survival. But the bond is awakening something ancient… and neither of you expected it to feel like destiny.

Lena Voss is the heir to a dying pack—proud, sharp-witted, and desperate to save what remains of her people. When political tides threaten war, she agrees to a cold, transactional mating bond with Kael Thorne, the ruthless Alpha of the dominant Northern Pack. It’s not love—it’s survival. But someone within the inner circle has been turned. A sabotage. A murder. False evidence. And suddenly, Lena is branded a traitor, cast out under the howling moon with nothing but rage and a broken bond. Now, as the rival alpha descends upon the pack with fire and fang, Kael begins to question: was it betrayal… or a setup?

Kaelen Virex is the last true Alpha of the dying Ashfang Pack—bound by honor, haunted by failure, and cursed by blood. Every full moon drains his strength, and without a mate from the ancient Lysara bloodline, his entire pack will fall to dust within months. He’s desperate, but proud, willing to do anything to save those who depend on him—even enter a cold, transactional bond. Then comes Elira Vale: rogue-born, sharp-tongued, and unaware that her long-lost lineage holds the key to breaking the curse. She doesn’t want love. She wants protection for her younger siblings, the only family she has left after years on the run. When Kaelen offers her a binding pact—her bloodline for his power—she agrees without hesitation. But the moonstone’s curse was never just magic. It was betrayal. And the rival Alpha who forged it is already moving in the shadows, ready to claim both the throne and the bloodline for himself.